Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 19 October 2026, to question 30566 on Challenger Tanks: Procurement, by when is the Challenger 3 Demonstration Phase trials programme scheduled to end.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 12 January 2026 to Question 101931 and to the answer I gave on 30 June 2026 to Question 12209 to the hon. Member for South Suffolk (Mr Cartlidge).